PREFACE

Historians are unanimous in recognizing the important contribution of Roman law to the evolution of the attitudes adopted by non-Jewish society towards Jews since the second century, yet research in this field has been impeded to a considerable extent by the absence of a com­plete collection of the relevant legislative texts.

The following aims have determined the book’s structure and con­tent:

(A) Collecting all Roman law texts issued between the second and the sixth centuries dealing specifically with Jews. Legislation and codi­fication in some of the Germanic states in the West, which form a part of the second volume in this series, have been excluded from the present collection.

(B) Distinguishing between the different types of texts as a prereq­uisite to their proper evaluation as historical evidence. The basic types as well as the principal sources are discussed in Chapter 1.

(C) Reconstructing the original laws from the partial and edited versions contained in the Codes.

(D) Discussing each law and its particular context, i.e., the circum­stances that resulted in its adoption, the interested parties and their roles and aims; the process and chronology of legislation; the text in its different aspects (linguistic, legal, ideological, political, operative, etc.); and the law’s actual implementation, its direct effect, and the extent as well as the duration of its validity.

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(E) Identifying the effects of each law on future legislation and codification.

(F) Translating the texts, with a particular emphasis on preserving the unique rhetorical style which characterizes late Roman legislation.

(G) Providing select representative bibliographies to accompany each text.

(H)New Roman"'> Sketching the main outlines of the historical evidence to be gathered from these laws (in Chapter 2).

Two tables facilitate the use of this book: a chronological table listing the laws in the order followed in this work, and a comparative table listing the laws according to their conventional references.

It is, finally, my pleasant duty to recognize the debt I owe to the many people who have helped me bring this work to completion, above all Professor J. Prawer, who accompanied it from its inception; Mr. S. Reem, Director of the Publications Department of the Israel Academy of Sciences and Humanities; and Mrs. Jean Owen and Mrs. Anne Adamus of Wayne State University Press, for their devoted interest and attention.

Abbreviations

AE          L’Annee epigraphique.

ALL        Archiv für lateinische Lexikographie

und Grammatik, I-XV, 1884-1908.

Alon, Jews G. Alon, The Jews in their Land in the Talmudic Age, trans, and ed. G. Levi, Jerusalem, I, 1980; II, 1984.

Alon, Studies G. Alon, Jews, Judaism and the Classi­cal World; Studies in Jewish History in the Time of the Second Temple and Tal­mud, trans. I. Abrahams, Jerusalem 1977.

Archi G. G. Archi, Teodosio II e la sua co­dificazione, Naples 1976.

Avi-Yonah            Μ. Avi-Yonah, The Jews of Palestine; a

Political History from the Bar Kokhba War to the Arab Conquest, Oxford 1976.

Bas. H. J. Scheltema & N. van der Wal, Basilicorum Libri LX, Series A, Gro­ningen 1955-.

H. J. Scheltema & D. Holwerda, Basi­licorum Libri New Roman",serif;font-style:italic'>LX, Series B: Scholia, Groningen 1953-.

G. E. Heimbach & C. G. E. Heimbach, Basilicorum Libri LX, Leipzig 1833­1870 (for the Basilica's parts still un­edited in Scheltema’s edition).

BIDR Bulletino dell’Istituto di diritto romano. Brev. G. Hänel (ed.), Lex Romana Visigotho- rum, Leipzig 1849.

Browe P.

BT          Babylonian Talmud.

BZ          Byzantinische Zeitschrift.

CCSL      Corpus Christianorum, Series             Latina,

Turnhout 1953-.

CIJ         Corpus Inscriptionum Judaicarum,      ed.

J. B. Frey, Rome 1936-.

CIL         Corpus Inscriptionum Latinarum, Ber­

lin 1863-.

CJ          Codex Justinianus Recognovit et Retrac­

tavit Paulus Krüger, Berlin 1877, 1929¹⁰. Colorni, GH Ebrei V. Colorni, GH Ebrei nel sistema del di­ritto comune fino alla prima emancipa­zione,face="Times New Roman"> Milan 1956.

CSEL      Corpus Scriptorum Ecclesiasticorum

Latinorum, Vienna 1866-.

CTh        Theodosiani Libri XVI cum Constituti­

onibus Sirmondianis Edidit Adsumpto Apparatu P. Kruegeri Th. Mommsen, Berlin 1905.

DACL Dictionnaire d’archeologie chretienne et de liturgie, eds. F. Cabrol & H. Le- clercq, Paris 1907-.

Demougeot, “Honorius” E. Demougeot, “L’Empereur Honorius et la politique antijuive,” Collection Latomus, XLIV (1960), pp. 277-291.

Demougeot, “Theodose II” E. Demougeot, “La politique antijuive de Theodose II,” Akten des XI. interna­tionalen Byzantinistenkongress, Munich 1958, pp. 95-100.

Dessau H. Dessau, Inscriptiones Latinae Selec­tae, Berlin 1892-1916.

DHGE Dictionnaire d’histoire et de geographie ecclesiastique, eds. A. Baudrillart et al., Paris 1912.

Dig. Digesta Recognovit Theodorus Momm­sen, Rectractavit Paulus Krüger, Berlin 1872, 1928¹⁵.

Dörries   H. Dörries, Das Selbstzeugnis Kaiser

Konstantins, Göttingen 1954.

DTC       Dictionnaire de theologie catholique,

Paris 1930-.

GCS       Die griechischen christlichen Schrift­

steller, Breslau 1897-.

Godefroy Codex Theodosianus cum Perpetuis com­

mentariis lacobi Gothofredi... Recog­nitum... Opera... A Marvillii ... Editio Nova... Iterum recognita... /. D. Ritter, Leipzig 1736.

Grupe E. Grupe, “Zur Latinität Justinians,” ZSSRG, RA, XIV (1893), pp. 224-237; XV (1894), pp. 327-342.

Haehling R. von Haehling, Die Religionszu­gehörigkeit der hohen Amtsträger des römischen Reiches seit Constantins I. Alleinherrschaft bis zum Ende der The- odosianischen Dynastie, Bonn 1978. Honore             T. Honore, Tribonian, Oxford 1978.

HUCA    Hebrew Union College Annual

IEJ         Israel Exploration Journal, Jerusalem,

1950-.

Institutiones           Institutiones Recognovit Paulus Krüger,

Berlin 1872, 1928¹⁵.

Jones, Empire A. H. Μ. Jones, The Later Roman Em­pire, II, Oxford 1964.

JQR        Jewish Quarterly Review.

JRS         Journal of Roman Studies.

JThS       Journal of Theological Studies.

Juster J. Juster, Les Juifs dans I’empire ro­main, I-II, Paris 1914.

Just. Nov. Novellae Recognovit Rudolfus Schöll, Opus Schöllii Morte Interceptum Absol­vit Guilelmus Kroll, Berlin 1898, 1912⁴. Kaser, RPR Μ. Kaser, Das römische Privatrecht, Munich², 1971-1975.

Kaser, RZPR Μ.

Langenfeld H. Langenfeld, Christianisierungspolitik und Sklavengesetzgebung der römischen Kaiser von Konstantin bis Theodosius II, Bonn 1977.

Lenel O. Lenel, Palingenesia Iuris Civilis, Leipzig 1889.

Linder A. Linder, “The Roman Imperial Gov­ernment and the Jews under Constan­tine,” Tarbiz, XLIV (1974/75), pp. 95­143 (in Hebrew).

MGWJ    Monatsschrift für Geschichte und Wis­

New Roman",serif;font-style: italic'>senschaft des Judentums.

NDI        Novissimo Digesto Italiano.

Noethlichs            K. L. Noethlichs, Die gesetzgeberischen

Massnahmen der christlichen Kaiser des vierten Jahrhunderts gegen Häretiker, Heiden und Juden, Cologne 1971.

PCBE A. Mandouze, Prosopographie chre- tienne du Bas-Empire, I: Prosopogra­phie de l’Afrique chretienne (303-533), Paris 1982.

PG J. P. Migne, Patrologiae Cursus Com­pletus, Series Graeca, Paris 1857-1866. PL J. P. Migne, Patrologiae Cursus Com­pletus, Series Latina, Paris 1878-1890.

PLRE A. H. Μ. Jones et al., The Prosopogra- phy of the Later Roman Empire, Cam­bridge, I, 1971; II, 1980.

PT          Palestinian Talmud.

PW         Pauly-Wissova, Real-Encyclopädie der

klassischen Altertumswissenschaft, Stutt­gart 1839-.

Rabello, Legal Condition J. Juster, “The Legal Condition of the Jews under the Visigothic Kings (brought up-to-date by A. Μ. Rabello),” Israel Law Review, XI (1976), pp. 248-286, 391-414, 563-590.

Rabello, “Tribute” A. Μ. Rabello, “A Tribute to J. Juster,” Israel Law Review, XI (1976), pp. 216-47.

REA Revue des etudes anciennes.

Roman",serif;font-style: italic'>Reallexikon Reallexikon für Antike und Christen­tum, Stuttgart 1950-.

REB        Revue des etudes byzantines.

Reichardt              K.

bung im Codex Theodosianus,” Kairos, XX (1978), pp. 16-39.

REJ        Revue des etudes juives.

Rendiconti             Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei, Classe

di Scienze morali, storiche e filologiche, Rendiconti.

RHDFE  Revue historique de droit franqais et

etranger.

RHE       Revue d’histoire ecclesiastique.

RhMus    Rheinisches Museum für Philologie.

RIDA      Revue internationale des droits de

l’Antiquite.

SD HI     Studia et Documenta Historiae et Iuris.

Seaver J. E. Seaver, Persecution of the Jews in the Roman Empire, Lawrence 1952.

Seeck, Regesten O. Seeck, Regesten der Kaiser und Päpste, Stuttgart 1919.

Seeck, New Roman",serif'>“Zeitfolge” O. Seeck, “Die Zeitfolge der Gesetze Constantins,” ZSSRG, RA, X (1889), pp. 1-44, 177-251.

Seyberlich R. Μ. Seyberlich, “Die Judenpolitik Kaiser Justinians I,” Byzantinische Beiträge, ed. J. Irmscher, Berlin 1964, pp. 73-80.

Sirm. Theodosiani Libri XVI cum Constituti­onibus Sirmondianis Edidit Adsumpto Apparatu P. Kruegeri Th. Mommsen, Berlin 1905.

Solazzi, “Fra norme” S. Solazzi, “Fra norme romane anti­semite,” BIDR, NS, III (1936-1937), pp. 396-406.

Sperber D. Sperber, A Dictionary of Greek and Latin Legal Terms in Rabbinic Litera­ture, Jerusalem 1984.

Stein E. Stein, Histoire du Bas-Empire, trans. J. R. Palanque, (n.p.) 1949-1959.

TUGAL Texte und Untersuchungen zur Ge­

schichte der altchristlichen Literatur, Leipzig 1882-.

Vogler C. Vogler, “Les Juifs dans le Code Theo- dosien,” Le point theologique, XXXIII (1979), pp. 35-74.

ZRG       Zeitschrift für Rechtsgeschichte.

ZSSRG, RA            Zeitschrift der Savigny-Stiftung für

Rechtsgeschichte, Romanistische Abtei­lung.